Paint-vehicle



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

\VILLIAM A. JOHNSON, OF BANGOR, MAINE.

PAINT-VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 393,763, dated December 4, 1888.

Serial No. 248,738. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor, in the county of Penobscot and State of M aine. have invented a new and useful Process of Art Decoration; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention consists of a new process, herein after described, to r decorating walls, (unless they have been calcimined,) ceilings, furniture, doors, statuary, and almost any article that any one would desire to have orna mented.

One of the great advantages of my process of art decoration lies in the fact that it is inexpensive. It can be applied to the walls and ceiling of a room as a substitute for paper and does not cost one-third as much. Elegan t dados, friezes, and borders may be designed, furniture may be ornament-ed, doors, fireplaces, and almost any object may be made, at a trifling expense, to present a most attractive and handsome appearance.

One of the principal ingredients in my process of art decoration is a liquid which I shall first describe, and then give a full account of the process or method of using my invention.

To one (1) pint of good cider-vinegar add one (1) tea-spoonful of saltpeter, one (1) teaspoonfnl of common salt, one (1) tea-spoonful of mixed sugar, one-half (1)) tea-spoonful of German cologne, and one-half (-5) tea-spoonful of whisky. iihoroughly mix until the ingredients are dissolved, and the liquid is then ready for use.

The method of using and decorating as follows, viz: I take two dishes and a fine soft sponge. In one dish I put common dry paint, of any color that I should desire to use, and

l in the other the liquid above described. The two must be kept separate until used. N -w taking the sponge, l dip it first into the liquid, then in the dry paint and paint the article, wall,or whatever is to be decorated by rubbing the mixture over it until it is covered with a smooth coat of the preparation. 'lhen taking a lump of common putty, soft enough to be molded with the lingers and still retain its form, I make a designsueh as a flower, leaf, vine, or any ornamental figureout ot' the putty. Using this as a stamp, I go over the painted surface before mentioned, stamping it with the design, which leaves a full clear impression, an exact fac-simile oi the design, on the prepared surface. This surface thus prepared dries in a few minutes, and should then be varnished with a thin coat of common furniture-varnish.. A whole room may be decorated in this manner in any style and color to suit the operators fancy.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim. and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. An improved dry-paint vehicle, eonsisting of the combination of pure cider-vinegar, saltpeter, common salt, sugar, German cologne, and Whisky, in about the proportions specified, and substantially as and for the purpose de scribed.

2. An improved. method and process of decorative painting, consisting of preparing a surface with a solution composed of cider-vinegar, saltpeter, common salt, sugar, German cologne, whisky, and dry paint, and stamping or blending designs thereon and varnishing the whole with common varnish, substantially as described.

W. A. JOHNSON.

\Vitnesscs:

A. J. CHAPMAN,

P. W. J. LANDER. 

